Thursday, September 3, 2009

Soft Light and What It Can Do For Your Photo's

Morning everyone I thought I would put a small bit of softness into your day. I have really learned allot with my photography lately and one is light. I really does make the difference on how the image looks and turns out. If you have morning or evening light for some reason it's the softest light the best light for your subject matter. Midday light is too intense and will bounce off your subjects and cause a bright exposure problem. Let's use my post from yesterday as an example. My Woodpecker shots would have been stunning in the morning light...but because I spotted him in the afternoon the exposure was too bright causing the top of the birds head to become a beacon rather than showing how beautiful he really is. To accomplish a better look I had to modify the Woodpecker. With these two shots today I didn't have to modify anything the light was perfect giving both the animal and flower the best way to enjoy it's colors and contrast. What do you think ?


7 comments:

  1. OKAY, my little chickadee, they are absolutely stunning, I do see what you mean by the light. Love them both, Have a great weekend. Take care.

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  2. Well you definitely cracked it with these shots. Well done Crista.

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  3. ACK! That baby bunny is toooooo cute. I love them! Beautiful rose, and fantastic photos of the pileated--they look good!

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  4. Crista the bunny is so soft looking. And so is the flower. Love that.

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  5. The light looks great on both of them!

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  6. Hi Crista,
    Yes they are gorgeous, especially the bunny! We had plenty of them in heiĆ°mork this summer, close to Reykjavik! They were so beautiful! Well done.

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  7. Goodmorning everyone...Thank you and I'm glad you noticed the light difference. It means I'm getting better ..Yay! :)

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